Etymology

Lehmer's conjecture

Today it means: A conjecture asserting that there is an absolute constant μ>1 such that every polynomial with integer coefficients P(x)∈ℤ[x] satisfies certain properties. Full definition →

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The story

Introduced by Derrick Henry Lehmer.

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